Beauty Industry Entrepreneur, Community Organizer & Female Founder Advocate; Founder & CEO of BeautyLynk®; Co-Creator of Care in the Chair™

Boston, MA, USA
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Rica Elysée Biography

Modjossorica Elysée is a Boston-based entrepreneur, speaker, and business builder whose work focuses on the intersection of beauty, technology, and community-driven impact. Elysée is the founder and CEO of BeautyLynk, an on-demand beauty platform that connects clients with licensed beauty professionals and operates in more than 180 U.S. markets. Her approach to accessible beauty services is informed by personal experience supporting a disabled family member, which highlighted the challenges of finding accessible salons and consistent appointments. Recognizing a lack of resources for women of color to learn about their unique hair and beauty needs, Elysée established BeautyLynk to bring professional makeup artists and hair stylists directly to clients’ homes.

Prior to launching BeautyLynk, Elysée worked as a nonprofit fundraising executive for organizations focused on empowerment and education. She built the BeautyLynk professional network to 16,000 beauty professionals. The company has received institutional recognition, including selection for the Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab and features on Fox Business. BeautyLynk was awarded $50,000 as a Gold winner in the MassChallenge accelerator program.

Elysée’s entrepreneurial initiatives extend beyond the beauty marketplace. She created Care in the Chair, co-developed with Dr. Charmain Jackman of InnoPsych, a trauma-aware, scope-safe client-care training program for stylists, barbers, nail technicians, and estheticians. She also co-founded #AtTheTable, a female founder advocacy platform supporting women entrepreneurs in overcoming funding barriers. Elysée writes The Beauty Brief, a Substack publication covering the beauty industry, and is the author of "Dressing My Boobs: A Journey in Entrepreneurship."

In addition to her entrepreneurial work, Elysée is a speaker and coach who has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, and Black Enterprise. Her work has also appeared in People, Good Morning America, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, Boston Magazine, WCVB, Gizmodo, and Fox Business. Her honors include being named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year New England Award finalist, a Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree, and a recipient of the 'Alliance for Business Leadership Name You Should Know' Award. Across her ventures, Elysée addresses topics such as inclusive innovation, marketplace growth, artificial intelligence in beauty, trust and safety, and community-driven entrepreneurship, with a perspective that spans Boston, Tulsa, and other markets.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/20/2026.

Rica Elysée Speaking Topics

  • The Chair Is Already a Disclosure Channel

    Employees disclose domestic violence, burnout, and crisis to the people closest to them—supervisors, frontline staff, contracted caregivers—long before they tell HR. Using Care in the Chair™, Rica shows people leaders how to make every manager a safe first responder (referral, not rescue), route disclosures to EAP, leave, and safety resources, and prove impact with retention and risk metrics.

  • Where People Tell the Truth

    Keynote on building a care culture that retains, protects, and performs. Rica maps why people tell the truth in unexpected places and how leaders turn those moments into systems, not one-off heroics.

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Rica Elysée Videos

Rica Elysee | BeautyLynk Full Episode

Rica Elysee | BeautyLynk Full Episode

Modjossorica (Rica) Elysee represents why we started Founders Unfound: brave, capable, inspirational, and determined. She pulls no punches. Rica is a...

City Hall Courtyard Festival

City Hall Courtyard Festival

Listen in on how startups and new technologies are shaping the future of Boston, as keynote speakers from the fields of robotics, mobility,...

How your hairstylist could help you escape domestic violence

How your hairstylist could help you escape domestic violence

What if your hairstylist could be your lifeline? In this GBH News Rooted segment, we explore how beauty professionals, often trusted confidants, are...

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Rica Elysée is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Chair Is Already a Disclosure Channel, Where People Tell the Truth, Above 2%: What It Takes to Fund Women Founders, Supply Is the Product and Buy, Don't Build | Clarity in Chaos. The estimated speaking fee range to book Rica Elysée for your event is available upon request. Rica Elysée generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Venus Piñeyro, Kristie Kennedy, Nicole Yeary, Jenn Lim and Melanie Johnson. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Rica Elysée for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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